November 2017 Blog Posts (1)

Falls injuries are frequently reported in hospitals especially among the inpatients. These injuries not only have adverse effects upon the patient, they also affect the health care system directly by increasing the length of stay of the patient. Although there was given a heightened national attention to this issue, patients’ falls are ubiquitous and the causes of them are still escalating (Ganz, 2013). It is essential to embrace the fact…